SHAPE Magazine 1 / 2013 - SCA

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Recycled cycling
AN ISRAELI AMATEUR cycling enthusiast and
expert in designing automated mass-production
lines has created a cardboard bicycle.
The bike weighs 10 kilograms but can carry
a 200-kilogram rider. It’s mostly made of
cardboard and recycled materials that have
been treated with a waterproof coating. What’s
more, it is designed to be manufactured at a
cost of less than SEK 100 (EUR 12), making it
not only one of the most sustainable bikes you
could imagine but also one of the cheapest.
The designer, Izhar Gafni, was initially told
that his idea was impossible, but he was
convinced that paper could be strong if
treated properly.
30 SCA SHAPE 1 2013
out what’s happening
outside SCA.
Catarina De Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur, in the
report Menstrual Hygiene Matters
A skier’s fantasy
THE MOUNTAIN HILL CABIN, created by
Norwegian architectural studio Fantastic Norway,
is the answer to a skier’s fantasy. The
private timber lodge is being built in a restricted
area in a remote mountain landscape that
can only be reached on skis during the winter.
The cabin is designed as a landscape element
that leads wind and snow around and over the
building. The angles of the roof are set at 23
degrees, which enables the residents to go skiing
and sledge riding on top of the cabin. The
cabin is to be erected during summer 2013.
www.fantasticnorway.no
The lack of privacy and the necessary infrastructure for
cleaning and washing, the fear of staining and smelling,
and the lack of hygiene in school toilets are major reasons
for being absent from school during menstruation,
and have a negative impact on girls’ right to education.